Mmmm . . . Chocolate Chip Cookies
MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 3:55 PM
So I just had a Specialty's chocolate chip cookie and I am blissing. To be more precise, I had a half a cookie. See Specialty's cookies taste like they are chock full of butter and sugar and some other blessed ingredients at the exact right proportion such that nothing overpowers anything else and the utter goodness comes through. They're heavy and tall and you sense that a whole one might knock you out, might be the cause of your demise—a happy demise that would be, but a demise nonetheless, so you go moderate and live for another cookie.

I rarely have these cookies. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I've had one since January. And before January, I hadn't had one since 2002. I'm not obsessively tracking my Specialty's cookie intake, but I only ever have them at work and only when they're free. When there are lunch seminars and such, often we have sandwiches or other foodstuffs ordered in to make it slightly more pleasant. When we get Specialty's sandwiches in office the bread's always a little wimpy for what it's holding together and the last time I actually went to the shop, they didn't make the sandwich very well. Also it's a tad pricey. I'll stick with Lee's Deli, which sells sandwiches for "what a sandwich is supposed to cost" (™ Mr. Sassy). I can get salami with cheese for $3.15, tuna for $3.10, tuna and egg for $3.20, or turkey for under 4 bucks. Specialty's sells comparable and more elaborate shots for a little more cash. I don't get desert with lunch so I never have cause to just wander into Specialty's after picking up my meal. But I've thought about it, just for a taste. Then I remember it costs a dollar and a half and that I'm cheap, and I get over it. I think it helps that I know in the back of my mind that I'll get a taste soon enough.

I don't know the special formula, but it works. Maybe they taste so good because they are a rarity and my taste buds appreciate it more. Either way, I'll enjoy the high and wait patiently for the next one.

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